Opellia
E869103
Opellia was the Roman family (gens) to which the emperor Macrinus belonged, marking his lineage within the broader framework of Roman aristocratic clans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Opellia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10510341 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Opellia Context triple: [Macrinus, gens, Opellia]
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A.
Statilia
Statilia is an ancient Roman feminine praenomen (given name) most notably borne by the empress Statilia Messalina, wife of Emperor Nero.
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B.
Daulida
Daulida is an alternative name for the ancient Greek town of Daulis in the region of Phocis.
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C.
Tosali
Tosali was an ancient city that served as a major political and administrative center of the Kalinga kingdom in eastern India.
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D.
Lucciana
Lucciana is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of Corsica, France, known for hosting Bastia – Poretta Airport and its proximity to the island’s northeastern coast.
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E.
Reola
Reola is a village in Tartu County, Estonia, situated just south of the city of Tartu.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Opellia Target entity description: Opellia was the Roman family (gens) to which the emperor Macrinus belonged, marking his lineage within the broader framework of Roman aristocratic clans.
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A.
Statilia
Statilia is an ancient Roman feminine praenomen (given name) most notably borne by the empress Statilia Messalina, wife of Emperor Nero.
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B.
Daulida
Daulida is an alternative name for the ancient Greek town of Daulis in the region of Phocis.
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C.
Tosali
Tosali was an ancient city that served as a major political and administrative center of the Kalinga kingdom in eastern India.
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D.
Lucciana
Lucciana is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of Corsica, France, known for hosting Bastia – Poretta Airport and its proximity to the island’s northeastern coast.
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E.
Reola
Reola is a village in Tartu County, Estonia, situated just south of the city of Tartu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman emperor
ⓘ
Roman family ⓘ ancient Roman gens ⓘ |
| associatedWithOffice | imperial office ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Roman families
ⓘ
Gentes of the Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to:
Roman gentes
|
| country |
Ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| ethnicContext | Roman ⓘ |
| familyName | Opellius ⓘ |
| floruit | 3rd century ⓘ |
| geographicContext | Roman North Africa ⓘ |
| hasMember | Macrinus ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember | Macrinus ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | family of emperor Macrinus ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
epigraphic evidence
ⓘ
literary sources ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Opellia
ⓘ
Roman aristocracy ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Opellius (nomen)
ⓘ
linked to:
Opellius
|
| partOf | Roman naming system ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Mauretania Caesariensis ⓘ |
| socialStatus | equestrian order ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| typeOfNomen | gentilicium ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Opellia Description of subject: Opellia was the Roman family (gens) to which the emperor Macrinus belonged, marking his lineage within the broader framework of Roman aristocratic clans.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.